Shen Fan paid no heed to any of it and headed straight back to the Waste Elixir Chamber.
The moment he returned to the Waste Elixir Chamber, he eagerly took out the manual for the "Nine Nether Corpse Puppet Grand Formation" and began studying it intently.
Fortunately, this manual was not an incomplete version, so he did not need to painstakingly fill in the missing parts himself.
He spent an entire day and night reading, neither eating nor drinking, wholly absorbed in it.
The next morning, a rare wisp of coolness slipped through the window lattice and gently brushed Shen Fan's face, rousing him from his immersed state.
He slowly closed the book and stretched comfortably, as though stretching all the weariness from his body.
Then he immediately got up and went outside to cultivate the "Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Art."
The day's work began in the morning; he could not neglect the Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Art.
As the cultivation art circulated, fresh spiritual energy from all around seeped in through his pores like trickling streams, flowed through his acupoints, and gathered in his dantian along his spiritual veins.
At the same time, Shen Fan did not hesitate to take out a top-grade Qi Gathering Pill and began absorbing the vast spiritual energy within it.
Spiritual energy surged into his body like a tide. Shen Fan drove his Five-Attribute Spirit Root to its limits, madly devouring that power.
Before long, one top-grade Qi Gathering Pill had been completely absorbed.
Shen Fan immediately took out another one and continued absorbing it.
Such extravagant cultivation was quietly taking place outside the Waste Elixir Chamber.
As the morning sun rose, he had already absorbed seven or eight Qi Gathering Pills cleanly.
"I've absorbed so many Qi Gathering Pills, yet the barrier